差 — kanji meaning “distinction”
差
distinction, difference, variation, discrepancy, margin, balance
- Meanings
- distinction, difference, variation, discrepancy, margin, balance
- On'yomi
- サ (sa)
- Kun'yomi
- さ.す、さ.し
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- 4
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #449 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 48
- Chinese reading
- chāi, chā, chà, cī — Chinese character page
Words with 差
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 差別 | さべつ sabetsu | distinction; differentiation; discrimination |
| 格差 | かくさ kakusa | qualitative difference; disparity; gap |
| 交差点 | こうさてん kousaten | crossing; intersection |
| 時差 | じさ jisa | time difference |
| 日差し | ひざし hizashi | sunlight; rays of the Sun |
| 誤差 | ごさ gosa | measurement error; calculation error |
| 交差 | こうさ kousa | crossing; intersection |
| 大差 | たいさ taisa | great difference; big difference; wide margin |
| 差異 | さい sai | difference; disparity; gap |
| 差し出す | さしだす sashidasu | to hold out; to extend (e.g. a hand) |
| 差額 | さがく sagaku | balance; difference (in price, cost); margin |
| 落差 | らくさ rakusa | difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall) |
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